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Cortland Opens Office in London

Cortland Capital Market Services, the privately held global financial
services firm, today announced the opening of its London office and the
appointment of Juliana Ritchie (Juliana Man) as its Head of Business
Operations for Europe.

The new London office combined with Ms. Ritchie's appointment signifies
a major expansion of Cortland's business activities. Juliana will focus
on building business opportunities with investment management and
commercial lending firms in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, and
the Middle East. Cortland's office opened in March and is conveniently
located to the financial heart of London at Juxon House, 100 St. Paul's
Churchyard.

Prior to its purchase in 2008 by RBS and Bank of America, Ms. Ritchie
was co-founder and Senior Vice President of ABN AMRO's LaSalle Bank
Global Trust Services - Europe. Under Juliana's leadership the business
grew to the #1 and #2 ranked CMBS and CLO global trustee and was
successful in launching ABN AMRO's fund adminisration company, LaSalle
Global Fund Services.

"Cortland clients include many of largest investment managers and
private equity firms in the world. Juliana joins us to address their
European needs and to find opportunities with new clients throughout
Europe," said Tim Houghton, CFA, Principal at Cortland. "Juliana is a
proven leader and exceptionally well regarded by the London financial
markets. We are very excited to be working together again."

Ms. Ritchie added: "I am excited to become part of the Cortland team and
work again with an exciting and growing business. There is a need for a
responsive, capable, relationship focused service provider; I look
forward to expanding services for current clients and building the
business here in London."

Cortland and its wholly owned subsidiary Cortland Fund Services are
headquartered in Chicago and serve clients worldwide from - Chicago, Los
Angeles, London, and New York. For more information about Cortland,
please visit us at www.cortlandglobal.com.